Big Era Six

The Great Global Convergence

What was global convergence?

Exchanges that began in Afroeurasia during Big Era Five continued to bring about change.

Sciences, philosophy, and the arts flowered in Europe after 1400.

Rise of European Universities

Printing technology spread from China to Europe. European and Korean artisans invented printing with moveable metal type at about the same time.

Religious institutions and ideas changed with the times

Asian commercial and political voyages on the seas continued.

Technologies from Afroeurasia led to new European ship designs in the 15^th century.

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Spanish conquistadors ended Aztec and Inca rule and claimed their lands in Mesoamerica and Andean South America.

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The Great
Dying

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The Columbian Exchange

"Global cash crops were grown..."

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Printed books carried more and more information.

Copernicus, Galileo, and Kepler proved that the earth was not the center of the universe… but the Church opposed the idea.

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Maritime technologies continued to improve after 1500.

Trade encircled the globe.

Global artistic influences led to new European industries.

Banking and law served new demands.

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Summary: global convergence led to accelerating world change.

Summary: global convergence led to accelerating world change.

Is Big Era Six
the Modern World?

 Historians argue whether the world became “modern” in Big Era Six.

End of Big Era Six